Actress Carey Mulligan, 30, is being honored with the 'Hollywood Actress Award' for her performance in Suffragette at 'The 19th Annual Hollywood Film Awards' held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

According to Hollywoodnews.com, being given this honor sets Mulligan apart in terms of precursor attention, and that's always a factor. The actress is the best part of that movie, so this will surely remind folks of that. It remains to be seen if she can crack the lineup or not, but this is a step in the right direction and could suggest exciting things to come on the precursor circuit for her.

Mulligan is widely known for her role in An Education which garnered her multiple award nominations. Last year, the star made her West End stage debut starring alongside Bill Nighy and Matthew Beard in a revival of David Hare's Olivier Award-winning play Skylight, directed by Stephen Daldry.

This year, the same team reconvened to stage the production on Broadway, for which Mulligan received Drama League, Drama Desk and Tony Award nominations.

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Directed by Sarah Gavron, Mulligan stars in 'Suffragette.' The movie chronicles the true story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement in England - women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

Mulligan plays the lead role of Maud Watts who led the early feminist movement in the United States, opposite Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff and Meryl Streep.

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